Program planners predict shared decision making (SDM) will be a hot topic when the American College of Cardiology (ACC) hosts its 2018 Scientific Session March 10-12 in Orlando. They’ve planned a two-part intensive, as well as several other sessions, around the subject.

Known for its conservative and what many call risk-averse nature, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to be headed in a bold and ambitious direction under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD. What will his leadership mean for cardiology?

To tackle health disparities between Chicago’s West Side and wealthier, predominantly white neighborhoods elsewhere in the city, Rush University Medical Center is leading a group of nine hospitals and health systems to make investments and hire people from disadvantaged communities.

DUBLIN — February 20, 2018 — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2018, which ended January 26, 2018.

Heart valve disorders are associated with the highest hospital costs per inpatient stay, according to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), running up an average tab of $41,878 per visit.

A telemedicine program using Atlanta-based endocrinologists provided suitable type 1 diabetes care to veterans living in rural Alabama and Georgia while saving patients 156 minutes of commute time per visit and cutting travel reimbursement costs paid by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) by $72.94 per visit.

Critics of FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, were initially skeptical of his ties to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, despite Gottlieb selling off all his health-related stock the day he was sworn in.

Patients’ out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) on medications rise dramatically with the addition of each coexisting chronic condition, according to a systematic review published online Feb. 6 in BMJ Global Health.